Yankees @ Royals
August 15, 2002

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 18 1
Royals 5 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 18 1
Royals 5 12 0

Mike Sweeney Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .355
OBP .250 .423
At Bats 3 321
Hits 1 114
• Singles 1 70
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 39
RBI’s 1 51

Mariano Rivera Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 26
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Kauffman Stadium - August 15, 2002
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Mariano Rivera
Jorge Posada
Ron Coomer
Alfonso Soriano
Robin Ventura
Derek Jeter
Shane Spencer
Bernie Williams
Raul Mondesi
Mike Sweeney
Chuck Knoblauch

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 7 18 1 13
Kansas City Royals 5 12 0 7
Winning Pitcher Mike Stanton
Losing Pitcher Roberto Hernandez
Save Mariano Rivera
Game Winning RBI Raul Mondesi
Attendance 27,565
Time of Game 3 hours 22 minutes
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Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sweeney hits a popup into left field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 The umpire calls a balk on Rivera Knoblauch moves to second.
Bottom 9 Beltran hits a popup towards first. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Guiel strikes out.
Bottom 9 Chuck Knoblauch pinch hits for A.J. Hinch. Mariano Rivera now pitching. Knoblauch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Soriano hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coomer scores. Spencer moves to second.
Top 9 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coomer moves to second.
Top 9 Coomer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mondesi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Ventura hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to second.
Top 9 Luis Ordaz now playing second base. Roberto Hernandez now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a line drive into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alicea hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tucker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jorge Posada now catching. Mike Stanton now pitching. Randa hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scott Mullen now pitching. Giambi strikes out.
Top 8 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimsley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 There goes Soriano. The throw from Hinch and he is safe. Soriano steals second.
Top 8 Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Jorge Posada pinch hits for Chris Widger. Jason Grimsley now pitching. Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ibanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Beltran tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 There goes Beltran. The throw from Widger and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 7 Beltran hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ron Coomer now playing first base. Guiel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Ron Coomer pinch hits for John Vander Wal. Coomer hits a ball on the ground for an out. Mondesi moves to second.
Top 7 Mondesi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Top 7 Ventura is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hinch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tucker scores.
Bottom 6 Alicea is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Tucker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randa scores.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Randa moves to second.
Bottom 6 Randa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ibanez hits a fly ball into left field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jeremy Affeldt now pitching. Giambi hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Widger scores.
Top 6 Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Widger hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Beltran. Widger reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sweeney hits a fly ball into left field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Beltran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vander Wal scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Beltran for the out. Hinch moves to second.
Bottom 5 Guiel hits a popup towards third. Ventura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hinch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Vander Wal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Mondesi takes first base on ball four. Giambi scores. Williams moves to third. Ventura moves to second.
Top 5 Ventura is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tucker. Williams reaches second base with a double. Giambi moves to third.
Top 5 Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alicea scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alicea is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vander Wal scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tucker for the out.
Top 4 Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Widger bunts in front of the plate. Hinch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Vander Wal hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Randa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Soriano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ibanez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beltran moves to third. Sweeney moves to second.
Bottom 3 Beltran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Guiel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Soriano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hinch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mondesi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ventura strikes out. There goes Williams. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Giambi strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Perez. The throw from Widger and he is out, Soriano applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Alicea hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tucker hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Randa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ibanez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Jeter hits a fly ball into right field. Guiel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Soriano hits a fly ball into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vander Wal tags and scores.
Top 2 Widger hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Vander Wal moves to third.
Top 2 Vander Wal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Beltran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vander Wal scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Beltran for the out.
Bottom 1 Guiel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Soriano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mondesi hits a fly ball into right field. Guiel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ventura takes first base on ball four. Giambi moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Giambi moves to second.
Top 1 Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jeter hits a fly ball into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Soriano hits a line drive into right field. Guiel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.